Building-tile.



PATBNTED SEPT. 15, 1903. H. OHAUS. BUILDING TILE.

APPLIOATION FILED 1m. 2a, 1902.

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IN VENTOH WITNESSES (.h ATTORNEY No. 739,211. PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903.

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BUILDING TILE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 1902.

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Patented September 15, 1903. I

PATENT OFFIC HENRY OHAUS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BUILDING-TILE.

bPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,211, dated September 15, 1903. Application filed April 28, 1902. Serial No. 105,067. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IENRY'OHAUS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Building-Tiles, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in building-tiles.

The object of my invention is to provide a building-tile that may be employed as an outer wall-covering or for roofing purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide a building-tile which is cheap to manufacture, quickly and inexpensively placed in position, and which is attractive. and ornamental. I

My invention provides, further, buildingtiles which securely interlock with each other and form a water-tight roof and wall.

My invention provides still further a tile having a novel supporting device.

Other novel features of construction are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a top view of abuilding-tile constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation view of the lower end of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation view. Fig. 4 is an elevation view looking at the upper end. Fig. 5 is a perspective view looking from the under side. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a series of rows of tiles mounted upon their respective supporting-strips, which are shown in cross-section. Fig. 7 is a cross-section view taken on the dotted line a b of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of what is shown in Figs.

6 and 7. Fig. 9 is a perspective View of a series of tiles placed in position upon a series of rafters or supporting-strips.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts.

A indicates the tile, preferably rectangular in shape, and having a concave outer side B and a fiat upper end on its inner side 0. Projecting inwardly from the said fiat portion is a lug D, provided with a downwardly-extending projection at its end adapted to engage a transverse supporting-strip E.

In order that the tiles may be arranged so that each series of tiles may break the joints of the next lower series of tiles in assembling them on a roof or wall, they are disposed as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, in which the lower end of each tile overlaps the adjacent half of the upper ends of two adjoining tiles in the next row below. To have the tiles properly interlock and fit, the lower end of the inner side of each tile is provided with a recessed portion F, shaped to fit and adapted to receive therein the adjoining halves of the upper ends'of two similar tiles. The particular conformation of the upper side and the recessed portion on the under side is not material, save that the conformation should be such that the overlapping parts will interlock and fit. The form that I prefer is shown in the drawings, in which the upper side of the tile when viewed in cross-section is an are of a circle, the center of which is in a vertical plane bisecting the tile lengthwise. Each side half of the recessed portion in the under side when viewed in cross-section is an arc of a circle having the same radiusas the circle of which the arc of the upper side is a portion. The centers from which the arcs of the two halves of the recessed portion are described are located, respectively, in the vertical planes forming extensions upwardly of the two sides of the'tile. Whenv the upper side of the tile is in any other shape than an are or othercurve, the shape of the right side of the recessed portion in the under side in cross-section must correspond to the shape in cross-section-of the left half of the overlapped portion of the upper side. The left half of the recessed portion must correspond also with the right half of the overlapped portion of the upper side. The recessed portion F extends to the lug D, and the depth of the recessed portion corresponds to the thickness of the tile throughout its overlapped upper end.

In mounting the tiles upon the wall or roof the transverse supporting-strips E are arceeding upper rows are placed in position consecutively. The first row of tiles is placed on the lowest strip E, side by side with the lugs D, fitted over the upper edge of the said strip. The next row of tiles immediately above is then placed upon the next strip above, with the recessed lower end of each tile fitted over the upper ends of adjacent halves of two adjoining tiles in the next row below. The procedure is followed in mounting the tiles until the uppermost row of the wall or roof has been placed in position. It will be noted that with this construction each row of tiles is interlocked and held in position between the strip next above the one on which it is mounted and the overlapping row of tiles next above it. It will be observed also that the inner sides or flat portions of all the tiles will be in the same plane and will form a smooth flat inner surface.

The tiles may be made of any desirable material, such as clay or glass. When made of glass, they may be opaque, .transparent, or translucent. If desired, the exposed outer surface of each tile or of any desired number of the tiles may be provided with any suitable ornamentation, as indicated by G in Fig.

-S. This ornamentation may be in intaglio or in relief, as may be desired.

The tiles of my invention may be very quickly placed in position and require no securing means other than afforded by the lug D, with which each tile is provided.

Various modifications of my invention may be made without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A building-tile comprising a rectangular body the outer side of which is provided with a concave upper end, the inner side having a recessed lower end, the concaved portion in cross-section being an arc of a circle the center of which is in a vertical plane centrally bisecting the tile, and the recessed portion on its upper side being in cross-section formed in the shape of two intersecting arcs described each with the same radius as the concave portion, the center of each arc in the recessed portion being in a vertical plane corresponding to the two sides of the tile, substantially as described.

2. A building-tile comprising a body the outer side of which is provided with a concave upper end, the inner side having a recessed lower end, the concave portion in cross-section being an arc of a circle the center of which is in a vertical plane bisecting the tile, the recessed portion of the inner side being in cross-section formed in the shape of two intersecting arcs described each with the same radius as the concave portion, the center of each arc in'the recessed portion being in a vertical plane corresponding to the side of the tile, and the inner side of the tile above the recessed portion being provided with an inwardly and downwardly extending lug, substantially as described,

3. The combination with a plurality of transverse supporting-strips, of a plurality of tiles arranged in a series of rows disposed one above the other upon the said strips, each tile having a lug engaging the strip upon which the tile is mounted, and the lower ends of the tiles in one row overlapping and covering the joints of the tiles in the row next below, each tile being provided with a concave upper side having'the form of an arc of a circle the center of which is in a vertical plane bisecting the tile, the inner side of each tile being provided with a recessed lower end which laps over and fits the concave upper sides of two tiles adjacent to it in the row next below, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY OIIAUS. 

